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Originally Posted by IgiTang
Where are all these 'insiders' these days?
The Nucks leak the potential Hamhuis and Vrbata to Chicago chatter. Wasn't really insider insight from Lalji.
Drouin speculation is out there and nothing really new.
But what about the other 28 teams in the league?
It looks as though the 'insiders' really have no idea what's going on with trade talks.
Revealing a trade once it's sent to NY for approval, isn't exactly insight.. It's reaction.
So where are all these insiders who have sources? GMs holding their cards to their chest, I get it. But these guys are paid to provide information and to me, they aren't earning their paycheck.
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I prefer it when I don't see a trade coming. The Granlund-Shinkaruk trade was great because nobody knew that was happening. Same with the Sven to Vancouver trade. Much better than trades we've known will happen for months, no surprise involved.
I do think though that this still shows teams do have elements of secrecy. I mean, how many people are actually going to be involved in trade talks(discounting players with NTCs/NMCs who have to be consulted)? The 2 GMs, maybe 1/2 of their assistants, maybe a few other contributors like Pres of Hockey Ops, analytics etc. Very few I bet and I reckon they are mostly sworn to secrecy.
Take Treliving for example. He is ridiculously tight lipped about trades, doesn't give anything away, his most recent trade shows that. I bet he runs his management team involved in these dicussions in exactly the same. If his opposite number does the same, then how are the insiders supposed to get wind of these deals?
Given that so much is known about teams and their workings, I do still like it when trades happen out of the blue.